RE: Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism
September 20, 2022 at 12:12 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2022 at 12:48 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Charles Martel believed that a professional infantry was key to the defeat of the heavy light-and-heavy cav mix of a typical ummayad force. Real mujahideen, zealots, who believed in his cause down to a man, who were well armed, well trained..and, by the time of the battle, had decades of experience.
Abd-al-rahman, commander of the ummayad forces, was overconfident in his men, had little to no intel on the composition (and nature) of the infantry force laid out before him, had to charge uphill through trees to attack, and was compelled to do it sooner rather than later as winter approached and of the two forces..only martels men were geared for cold weather combat.
When the ummayad forces retreated, martel followed them, harrassing them all the way to the pyranees. That this was the unforseen consequence of a raid attempt is chronicled by an andulusian scholar who mentions that the ummayad forces had detoured..to tours, in order to raid it as a part of their strategy for pursuing Odo the great - to force contact. They got their wish, just not with Odo and his peasant conscript army. With The Hammer and his high speed infantry. One of the many instances in which the cult of the horse and sword learned, the hard way, that unsupported cavalry are only good for mowing down peasants. The thing I wonder, is those last few moments when the tip of the spear saw that martel's men were hardened vets made phalanx ready and equipped for some serious anti cav action....
Why didn't they wheel back around then...notwithstanding every failure before? Probably too busy shouting silly shit about what god wills for the last 40 seconds of their lives. I guess they didn't have the benefit of hindsight that we do now, with respect to what their god apparently willed that day. OFC, every infantryman knows a secret that most god botherers don't. God is an infantry god. Not their god.
Abd-al-rahman, commander of the ummayad forces, was overconfident in his men, had little to no intel on the composition (and nature) of the infantry force laid out before him, had to charge uphill through trees to attack, and was compelled to do it sooner rather than later as winter approached and of the two forces..only martels men were geared for cold weather combat.
When the ummayad forces retreated, martel followed them, harrassing them all the way to the pyranees. That this was the unforseen consequence of a raid attempt is chronicled by an andulusian scholar who mentions that the ummayad forces had detoured..to tours, in order to raid it as a part of their strategy for pursuing Odo the great - to force contact. They got their wish, just not with Odo and his peasant conscript army. With The Hammer and his high speed infantry. One of the many instances in which the cult of the horse and sword learned, the hard way, that unsupported cavalry are only good for mowing down peasants. The thing I wonder, is those last few moments when the tip of the spear saw that martel's men were hardened vets made phalanx ready and equipped for some serious anti cav action....
Why didn't they wheel back around then...notwithstanding every failure before? Probably too busy shouting silly shit about what god wills for the last 40 seconds of their lives. I guess they didn't have the benefit of hindsight that we do now, with respect to what their god apparently willed that day. OFC, every infantryman knows a secret that most god botherers don't. God is an infantry god. Not their god.
Quote:Early at night its drizzilin’ rain
I am hit and feel no pain
But in my heart I have no fear
Because my ranger God is here
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
